Genesis 42:30

New American Bible - revised edition

“The man who is lord of the land,” they said, “spoke to us harshly and put us in custody on the grounds that we were spying on the land.

Cross References

Genesis 42:16

So send one of your number to get your brother, while the rest of you stay here under arrest. Thus will your words be tested for their truth; if they are untrue, as Pharaoh lives, you are spies!”

Genesis 42:29

When they got back to their father Jacob in the land of Canaan, they told him all that had happened to them.

Genesis 42:7

He recognized them as soon as he saw them. But he concealed his own identity from them and spoke harshly to them. “Where do you come from?” he asked them. They answered, “From the land of Canaan, to buy food.”

Genesis 42:9

he was reminded of the dreams he had about them. He said to them: “You are spies. You have come to see the weak points of the land.”